MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20288, 22 June 1929, Page 13

MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

LETTERS FOR LORD SOMERS. VALUABLES NOT TOUCHED. LONDON. June 13. A mysterious robbery has been made by a thief who disregarded valuable articles and stole a number of letters addressed to the Governor of Victoria, Lord Somers, arid Lady Somers, at Pitt House, the "home of the Earl of Clarendon, brother-in-law to Lord Somers. Lord and Lady Somers had been staying there as' the guests of Lord Clarendon. The thief prised open a front room window, entered the hall, and stole an overcoat, a silver inkstand, and a packet of letters. Lord and Lady Somers were absent in the country, and the letters reached Pitt House in their absence. A butler put them on a table in the hall. It is believed that they included a valuable mail of a dozen letters addressed to Lord Somers and six or seven to Lady Somers. The butler says: "The lettors were there when I went to bed. They must have been stolen in the early hours of the morning. The thief probably took a grey overcoat belonging to Lord Somers in order to hide tho letters. He must have had some special knowledge, and been anxious to obtain the mail, because, although the house is full of treasures, the inkstand was tho only thing taken."

Pitt House, which stands in large grounds, is {he historic mansion where William Pitt lived when he was Prime Minister.